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THE WORLD WATER CRISIS IS SPIRITUAL.
Water is a tangible expression o the good news weshare. In the
developing world, nothing is a better
expression o Gods love than sae drinking water and the
lie it oersnothing, that is, except the love oered to us
by Christ. Clean drinking water is good news or the health
o children, the lives o women, education o the young,
and the economies o the poor. A community transormed
by the good news o lie-giving water in Jesus name is an
easy place to embrace the good news o his salvation.
PRAYER CHANGES EVERYTHING.
Prayer changes the world. I this seems possible to you,
then please join us in a global movement to pray or the
thirsty. I it doesnt, then please see or yoursel. Pray with
us or 21 days and watch the transormation happen. Join
us in this journey o prayer and see its power to touch
lives on the other side o the world. Watch God use us to
answer the prayers o others. Witness the power o prayer
to transorm lives around the world, as well as the ones
were living here.
884 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT ACCESS TO SAFE WATER.
Proportion o the worlds population using an improved source o
drinking water (%)
Less than 50%
50% - 75%
76% - 90%
91% - 100%
Data not available
Source: World Health Organization, 2008
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HERES WHAT YOU CAN DO
Set aside time to pray every day or 21 days
about the people and situations listed here.
Invite your church, prayer group, Bible study or a
group o riends to join you or 21 days o prayer.
Pray as a group one day a week.
Visit www.prayorwater.org or downloadable
resources and share them.
Spread the word by Twitter, Facebook, email, and
word o mouth. Every pray-er counts!
Check www.prayorwater.org or updates andprayers rom around the
world and or results
ater our 21st day o unifed prayer.
Tell us how praying or water or 21 days aected
you on our acebook page, or by email at
[email protected].
ABOUT LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL
Living Water International exists to demonstrate
the love o God by helping communities acquire
desperately needed clean water, and to experience
living waterthe gospel o Jesus Christwhich
alone satisfes the deepest thirst.Living Water began drilling
wells in 1990 to tangibly
demonstrate the love o God as well as share it.
Working in 25 countries around the world and
motivated by Christian aith, Living Water strives to
implement the most eective and sustainable water,
sanitation, and hygiene solutions because water is
oundational to all development, physical and spiritual.
For more inormation visit www.water.cc.
LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL
PO Box 35496
Houston, TX 77235-5496
Toll Free: 877.594.4426
Fax: 281.207.7845
Email: [email protected]
WWW.WATER.CC
21 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
Could a world-wide network o churches, well-drillers, schools,
oces, and individuals change the worldbypraying? Join us and see!
Pray in unity with people around the world about specifc aspects o
the world watercrisis, and witness the impact o prayer or
yoursel.
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HEALTH.Pray for
1 A toddler. Precious smile, cavity-stained tooth,
bright brown eyes, and dirt-smudged toes. 1 in 3
in her Amazon village doesnt survivepray she does.
2 Children. A child dies rom water-related disease
every 15 seconds. Pray today that we prevent just one.3 Parents.
Many moms and dads we serve do not
name their babies beore age 2 because anonymous
death hurts less. Pray or their peace.
4 Hospital sta. Hal the worlds hospital beds are
occupied by people suering rom waterborn illness.
5 The Body o Christ. That we may heal others as
Christ did.
EDUCATION.Pray for
6 A Ugandan teacher. Several times she has
interrupted a school day to carry a child to the hospital,
where he later died. Pray or her love to remain strong.
7 A Liberian girl. Shes 12 years old with big dreams, butdropped
out o school today. In Sub-Saharan Arica, unsae
water is the primary cause o dropout or girls.
8 400,000,000 school-age children inected right now
by guinea worms, schistosomiasis, roundworms,
whipworms, and hookworms consuming their
nutrients and slowing cerebral development.
9 American schoolchildren. Each year, thousands o
American kids make water their only beverage or
two weeks and give what they save to provide water.
Their impact is real. Pray God gives them joy.
WOMEN. Pray for
10 A new mother. She is too malnourished and
dehydrated to produce mothers milk. Holding her
frst baby in her arms, she is scared.
11 Laborers. Breakast means chopping wood
building a fre, and a walk to the river. Women
perorm 66% o the worlds work. Pray or them.
12 Mothers. Each year 1.8 million children die o
diarrhea. Pray or their mothers broken hearts.
13 Participation. Water projects designed and run
with womens participation are more sustainable and
eective. Pray or women to be empowered.
POVERTY. Pray for
14 The time-impoverished. Women in Sub-Saharan
Arica spend 40 billion hours each year just hauling
water.
15 The industrious. In the Kibera slum in Kenya an
industrious young man sells water rom a new well
or pennies a gallon, allowing women to remain
sae at home.
16 A sugarcane harvester. He earns $3.50 a day,
spends $0.72 on bus are, and $0.50 on water that
makes him sick.
17 The rich. Pray or those o us who are wealthy but
eel poor because we have less than someone else.Pray or our
reedom.
SPIRIT.Pray for
18 Vision. Read Isaiah 35 and pray that we too
see visions o water gushing orth in the
wilderness, burning sands becoming pools, and
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
19 The helper. Read Isaiah 41 and pray that in
our work the poor and needy will see and know
that the hand o the Lord has done this.
20 Jesus in disguise. Read Matthew 25 and
pray that we see Christ in the thirsty and give him
a drink.
21 The reward. Meditate on Mark 9:41: I tell you
the truth, anyone who gives you a cup o water in
my name because you belong to Christ will certainly
not lose his reward.
Use these daily prayer points to help guide your journey. Invite
others to do the same.People around the world are praying along
with you. Unifed prayer is powerul.
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